26th July 2011Today the new £39million restoration of the Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier was officially opened by the Princess Royal Princess Anne, who unveiled a plaque to commemorate the Pier's resurrection from...
At the Pier Shops at Caesar's in Atlantic City, New Jersey, James Vallanti, the chief opertaing officer for JNF Asset Management LLC in New York, had fell to his death from an escalator. "Police are investigating...
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One of the UK's "golden age" piers was destroyed by a fire in the early hours of this morning. The pier in Lancashire was one of the first to be built in the golden age of pier building in Britain, which lasted...
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" NORFOLK -- About 100 aircraft from NAS Oceana began flying out to safer locations as Tropical Storm Hanna threatens Hampton Roads with rains and strong winds. Navy officials say about 89 aircraft will remain...
For the people of somerset the thing that use to attract many people to their town is now destroyed, a historic Grand Pier at Weston super-Mare is now history but lets hope the new owners who have recently bought...
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Wow. another attraction to NYC. Amazing how much they are spending on this project, but it sounds pretty incredible.
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New York City is now 10 days away from the unveiling of “Waterfalls,” the much...
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A crane fell off a dry dock and into the San Francisco Bay this afternoon, off Pier 70 the operator was hospitalized. Details are still a bit sketchy, but an oil spill may have resulted from the incident as well."SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / AP / BCN) ― A dry dock crane operator...
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More than 30,000 people use the bridge between Memphis and Arkansas daily. "The Mississippi River bridge between Arkansas and Memphis, Tenn., was closed Monday after a bridge pier in a construction zone settled overnight. Engineers were inspecting the span.
"We want to be...
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"Elizabeth Edwards on Issues from Down the Avenue.com
Elizabeth Edwards did the final keynote at BlogHer in Chicago tonight. She addresses the BlogHer crowd about John Edward's stance on women's issues leading up to the 2008 presidential election. Following a recent battle...
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UPDATE: Friday August 03, 2007
Coastguards have found the body of a 16-year-old boy who they believe died after "tombstoning" at Minehead Harbour in Somerset. The body was found in the early hours when the...
People from Swanage in Dorset, England decided to take the law into their
own hands..."Two artists have painted a mural on the front of a neglected building in Dorset depicting the derelict state...
"People who make their living in the arena of visual communications are just now beginning to grapple with the power of the very small screen platform. This realization was not made any clearer than what...
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You would think that floating giant statues of yourself down the River Thames is the height of hubris. You'd be wrong. Introducing this article, I must point out that no metal has yet been shaped nor circuits built for this robostrosity as of now, but it is planned as...
This is very good news for families and current victims of the horrible crash; shame on the city for trying to implement an age-old rule with little current applicability. "A federal judge today rejected New York...
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Brighton & Hove has wireless internet hotspots popping up all over town mainly due to the Wi-Fi installation company Looseconnection and Pier to Pier but also thanks to a few forward thinking publicans,...